The Blind Photographer

Earlier in the semester, we discussed how not everyone could be a photographer. A friend of mine is blind and I couldn't help but wonder whether he could be considered a photographer or not. Coincidently, I ran into this website today. www.peteeckert.com Pete Eckert, once a sculptor and intended architect, was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa as a young adult and slowly lost his sight. Finding irony in a blind person photographing in infrared, a non-visible wave length, Eckert was hooked. Although he labels himself as more of a conceptual artist rather than a photographer, his photographs have won various awards and certainly question assumptions of who can be a photographer.

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Electro Man, Pete Eckert